Anti-War activism

Anti-War activism

All this anti-war activism (that never gets reported, of course, except in places like the Village Voice) reminds me of my grandmother, Anna Zuckerman, who devoted her life to peace activism. When I was a child, during the Vietnam war, she had a framed poster on her wall that said: War is unhealthy for children and other living things. I still have an unused patch of that slogan. So decided to buy a copy of that poster and put it up somewhere, probably at school. Here’s some interesting information:

CBS censored the display of a Mother’s Day card that read, in part, “War is not healthy for children and other living things… We who have given life must be dedicated to preserving it. Please talk peace.” CBS gave as its reason-besides the excuse that it didn’t permit “political positions”-the explanation that the Los Angeles mothers’ group that distributed the card hadn’t been cleared by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

2. Mother’s Day started as peace activism.

A press release from the Million Mom March of San Antonio (a .pdf file) talks about the history of mother’s day as peace activism. It also talked about the organization Another Mother For Peace, which went defunct in 1985. The poster is the organization’s logo.